France

France location information schemes.

  • CRESTA
  • Department
  • Department Postal
  • CRESTA Postal
  • CRESTA Postal INSEE (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies)

Required information

For France, in addition to the country code, any combination of the following information can be provided:

  • CRESTA
  • Department (area, two characters)
  • Postal (five digits)
  • INSEE (subarea 2, five digits) Verisk Synergy Studio supports INSEE codes as centroids.
  • Latitude/longitude

During the geocoding process, Verisk Synergy Studio matches and processes one of the supported schemes according to the scheme rules for France.

Note:

Verisk recommends using codes instead of names for these fields to ensure better match rates.

Resolution levels

The following table compares the resolution levels of the location information schemes for France:

Table 1. France location information scheme resolution levels
Resolution level Location information scheme
Maximum INSEE
Postal (department postal or CRESTA postal )
Minimum CRESTA or department